Opportunity
Autor Donald Morrisen Limba Engleză Hardback – 4 apr 2006
Morris begins by developing a model of opportunity in the abstract, analyzing its elements and the contexts and frameworks that affect our recognition of opportunities. Drawing from a wide range of applications, including investing, business, law, criminology, gambling, and even religion, he shows how opportunities can be defined in various contexts. He also examines highly undesirable situations, where opportunity is lacking, such as poverty and historical instances of slavery, to further illustrate, by way of contrast, the defining characteristics of opportunity.
How does a significant opportunity differ from a simple option? How does taking advantage of opportunities differ from being an opportunist? Does our ability to predict the future affect our opportunities? What do we mean by equality of opportunity? By addressing these and other probing questions, Morris shows how to develop more critical perceptions of real opportunities.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781591024026
ISBN-10: 1591024021
Pagini: 461
Dimensiuni: 162 x 235 x 31 mm
Greutate: 0.74 kg
Editura: Globe Pequot Press
ISBN-10: 1591024021
Pagini: 461
Dimensiuni: 162 x 235 x 31 mm
Greutate: 0.74 kg
Editura: Globe Pequot Press
Notă biografică
Donald Morris, CPA, Ph.D., is professor of accounting and chair of the Accounting, Finance, and CIS Department at Eastern New Mexico University. The former owner of an accounting firm and a onetime instructor of philosophy, he is the author of Dewey and the Behavioristic Context of Ethics.
Recenzii
"Donald Morris's Opportunity ... considers choices that promise a significant change in the life of the person making the choice. ... Morris's survey of the literature is wide-ranging in terms of both literary sources and topics considered, thus offering insights to a variety of readers."
Elizabeth R. Eames, Professor Emerita
Philosophy Department, Southern Illinois University
Author of two books on Bertrand Russell's philosophy
Elizabeth R. Eames, Professor Emerita
Philosophy Department, Southern Illinois University
Author of two books on Bertrand Russell's philosophy